Advisor in Residence

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Philip Stevens

Lincoln District, Lincoln, UK

Philip Stevens is a UK based film and theatre director, writer and producer. His work has been selected for festivals around the world and have won numerous international awards, including a Royal Television Society award for best short drama, a Celtx Seeds award, a BUFVC award, and selection into the British Society of Cinematographers New Cinematography night. His 2016 ‘The Knock’, starring BAFTA nominee Nico Mirallegro (The Village, My Mad Fat Diary, Rillington Place) won Best UK Short at The Nottingham International Film Festival. He also produces and directs documentaries, the most recent of which include ‘Bank’s Endeavour’ a short documentary about the life of Sir Joseph banks, featuring Sir David Attenborough. 'The Road to Rome', a feature length television documentary narrated by Sir Ian Mckellen, the short ‘Last Post’ with poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and ‘Snow on the Road’ with Dan Snow. His previous theatre work for Chapterhouse includes ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’, ‘The Jungle Book’ UK and China Tours, and ‘The Secret Garden’. His production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ played to sell out audiences at the British Museum and in theatres around the UK.
He currently in postproduction with his debut feature film ‘Lapwing’, starring Hannah Douglas (Far From the Madding Crowd, Clownface), Emmett Scanlan (Peaky Blinders, Butterfly, The Fall) and Sebastian De Souza (Ophelia, The Borgias, Medici Masters of Florence).